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Second-chance punitivism and the contractual governance of crime and incivility: New Labour, old Hobbes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The growing application of mechanisms of contractual governance to behaviour that breaches social norms, rather than the criminal law, appears to represent an ethopolitical concern with delinquent self-reform through the activation of technologies of the
Garland D.   +6 more
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Farsi giustizia da sé: strategie di sopravvivenza e crisi della legalità

open access: yesQuaderni di Sociologia, 1993
When achievement of his rights as an individual is neither guaranteed nor possible, the citizen is obliged to adopt measures of self-protection. These assume a non-formai character and can turn into “translegal”, “alegal” or “illegal” behaviour (i.e ...
Emanuele Sgroi
doaj   +1 more source

Fracture simulation for zirconia toughened alumina microstructure [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to describe finite element modelling for fracture and fatigue behaviour of zirconia toughened alumina microstructures. Design/methodology/approach - A two-dimensional finite element model is developed with an actual
Forest, Bernard   +2 more
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CONSUMER IN THE THEORY AND ECONOMIC PRACTICE: ECONOMICS – PSYCHOLOGY – LAW

open access: yesEkonomia i Prawo, 2006
Aim of the article is to point at institutional implications of the consumer theory originated from various theoretical approaches. Theories being under scrutiny are: neoclassical theory of consumer which is situated in the core of the mainstream ...
Arkadiusz Graczyk
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“No German, No Service”: EU Migrants’ Unequal Access to Welfare Entitlements in Germany

open access: yesSocial Inclusion, 2022
While existing research has analysed the intersecting migration and social security law, which stratifies migrants’ formal social entitlements, less work has been done on the informal stratifications beyond the law that determine substantive social ...
Nora Ratzmann
doaj   +1 more source

Power Law Distribution of the Duration and Magnitude of Recessions in Capitalist Economies : Breakdown of Scaling

open access: yes, 2001
Power law distributions of macroscopic observables are ubiquitous in both the natural and social sciences. They are indicative of correlated, cooperative phenomena between groups of interacting agents at the microscopic level. In this paper we argue that
Bouchaud   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Criminal sentiments and behaviours among young people in Hong Kong

open access: yesInternational Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 2017
Criminal attitudes have been found to influence criminal behaviour. Yet this is an understudied area in Hong Kong despite the scholarly interests in youth delinquency.
Wing Hong Chui, Kevin Kwok-Yin Cheng
doaj   +1 more source

Den armeniska frågan

open access: yesKulturella Perspektiv, 2000
For several reasons, genocide may be studied as "folklife". For one thing, mass murdering is often carried out by ordinary people, "like you and me". A second criterion is the collective nature of genocide, which makes it a social behaviour.
Åke Daun
doaj   +1 more source

Digital Dominance and Social Media Platforms: Are Competition Authorities Up to the Task?

open access: yesIIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, 2023
Social media platforms, as a particular species of digital platforms offering multiple online services and electronic commerce opportunities, have been under increasing scrutiny by competition enforcement agencies in recent years for engaging in ...
B. Ong, Ding Jun Toh
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Stakeholder Protection and Corporate Social Responsibility from a Comparative Company Law Perspective: Nigeria and South Africa

open access: yesJournal of African Law, 2020
There have been notable legislative advancements, as well as improvements in corporate governance codes, aimed at protecting stakeholder rights. However, how much protection have they really afforded stakeholders against socially irresponsible corporate ...
Nojeem Amodu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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